General

The General options tab of the user options dialog provides the following options:

Reload last project at startup: Determines whether the previously opened project is opened the next time Visual Build Pro is started (ignored if a Visual Build Pro project file is opened from Explorer or a filename is specified on the command-line). Even if checked, reloading the last opened project can also be disabled by holding down Shift during startup.

Reselect last selected action in Actions pane on startup: If checked, the last selected action in the Actions pane will be reselected when Visual Build Pro starts.

Show project properties when opening project: Determines whether the project comments dialog is displayed when a project is opened (only if comments have been entered for that project). Even if checked, the dialog is not displayed when Visual Build Pro is called from the command-line to build a project.

Display full path of project file in title bar: If checked, displays full path and filename of the current document in the application title bar; if unchecked, displays the filename without path.

Show application icon in system tray: Determines whether the Visual Build Pro GUI adds a system tray icon when running. The tray icon will indicate the current build status while building. Double-clicking the system tray icon will activate that Visual Build Pro instance (and unhide if minimized to the tray). Right-clicking the system tray icon will display a menu of commands related to that Visual Build Pro instance.

Minimize to system tray: If checked and the previous option is also checked, when the Visual Build Pro main window is minimized, its Start menu entry will be removed.

Check for updates every x months: Specifies how often to check for application updates (enter 0 to disable update checking). If enabled, the GUI app will check for updates at startup every # months specified (launching the update check in the default browser).

File Viewer: Defines the application that is used for viewing files when View is chosen from the:

•	Shell -> View button in the Step Properties and Macro Properties dialogs

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The View | Shell | View menu for the selection or cursor position in the Step Grid or Output pane. When a step is selected in the step grid, if the step's default property is a filename or folder, that filename or folder will be opened; when focus is in the Output pane, any selected filename or folder (or the filename and line number for the current cursor position if in the format shown below) will be opened.

Note: If the viewer application executable is not in the PATH environment variable, the full path must be specified.

Note: When a filename and line number is displayed in the Output pane in the format

C:\Path\To\Filename.ext(999) : optional error description

and if the configured viewer application supports a command-line flag for opening a file at a specific line number, the File Viewer supports a special syntax for providing the necessary parameters to the viewer. This is indicated by appending |<additional flags> to the File Viewer field, where <additional flags> contains any special parameters used to pass the filename and line number to the viewer application. The values %1 and %L in the additional flags will be replaced by the filename and line number, respectively. Rather than selecting the filename, just click on or move the cursor to the line containing the filename and choose View from the context or View|Shell menus.

The following table provides the File Viewer value to use for some popular text editors:

EditPad Pro

C:\Program Files\EditPad\EditPadPro.exe|%1 /l%L

EditPlus

C:\Program Files\EditPlus\EditPlus.exe|-cursor %L %1

TextPad

C:\Program Files\TextPad\TextPad.exe|%1(%L)

UltraEdit

C:\Program Files\UltraEdit\uedit32.exe|%1/%L